ECS Z77H2-AX ‘Golden Board’ Intel Z77 Motherboard Review

ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme

The ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ ($309.99 Shipped) is the latest entry from ECS for the Intel LGA 1155 (aka: H2) socket. It features the latest Intel Z77 chipset which brought about some new features for Intel motherboards. First and foremost is the addition of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to the chipset. Over the past few Intel Z77 motherboard reviews we haven’t seen much in the way of deviation of performance as we have seen in the past in terms of USB 3.0 performance. A few companies have decided to continue to use third party vendors for USB 3.0 technology in addition to the Intel solution. ECS has done this, though they use the TI TUSB7320 for the internal SuperSpeed USB 3.0 header for the front panel.

If you watched the video above you can see that ECS puts a lot of extra work and pride into the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’. Each of the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Boards’ are individually tested at ECS headquarters. In a world of mass production this extra step is a nice feature. Before we start our hands on tour of the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’, let’s take a look at some of the technologies that go into the Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’.

ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ Technologies

ECS Super Alloy Choke – 1.5X Long-Lasting Stability – Report shows that under unstable current or full loading environment conditions, general choke is more likely to burn out or even result in system shut down. ECS Super Alloy Choke represents the latest innovative technology in sufficient power usage, high temperature tolerance and full current stability. With outstanding capability, ECS Super Alloy Choke offers the most energy-efficient, lowest EMI interference, highest life-span and 150% higher stability than other products.

Most Energy-Efficient– ECS Super Alloy Choke is capable of working under overclocking conditions, with 30% higher energy saving than the industry standard. ECS guarantees the stability and durability that allows power users to play beyond their limitations.

Highest Life-Span– The special element of ECS Supper Alloy Choke is adapted to a wide range of temperature from -40oC to 140oC with 33% higher sustainability than general regulation, strengthening its ultra-stability and life-span.

Lowest EMI– ECE Super Alloy Choke contains new special elements with the features of low thermal consumption and decrease the harmful influence from EMI, which presents a higher efficiency and safer environment to users.(EMI ,Electromagnetic Disturbance)

Nonstop Technology – ECS exclusive long-term stability solution

Nonstop Technology includes 4 main features from best component to protection mechanism for maximum long-term stability of users’ personal computers.

Sahara Severe Test – 50 Degree Burn-In Test
Sahara Severe Test is a harsher test standard, with 125% higher than industrial traditional temperature under burn-in test of 50℃ and ensures quality of components to prove the stability and performance under full loading and high temperature. ECS carefully selects each component of products, breaks self limit, and leads the industrial specification. The best quality is made by severity.

Spare no expense and based on the insistence of extreme performance and quality, ECS gathers dozens of engineer experts to construct the throne of your honor with delicate handicraft and luxury components. Gold Classic, ECS Classic.

Providing the most intelligent and convenient way to adjust the clock/ voltage settings of CPU and memory and get the extra performance in advanced.
ECS O.C profile offers 3 sets of O.C values for CPU and DRAM to reach higher performances in a quick, simple and safe way. It keeps users’ preferable BIOS settings to regain your last successful O.C configuration to create the most convenient O.C experience.

ECS GUI UEFI BIOS

ECS GUI UEFI BIOS is a convenient tool for tweaking BIOS in Graphical interface. Users can select functions in BIOS with mouse and keyboard. The user-friendly interface with ECS designed wallpaper radically brings users convenience and easy-to-use experience

Now that we have a good feel for what makes up the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ we can get on with our hands on tour. Let’s head to the next page where we will take a look at the retail packaging and bundle!